I had a real unsettling experience today at Roper St.Francis hospital in Mount Pleasant. Anyone who
is considering about receiving any type of future health care from this institution should read on.
This morning my 76 elderly father was scheduled to go in to Roper for kidney stone surgery.
His appointment for the surgery was for 6am.I drove him to hospital,and when we walked in through the entrance to outpatient services,we noticed how there was absolutely no one as far as the eye can see.
We continued to walk down hallway to the elevator lobby and there even wasn't a security guard at the desk.Sure it was 6am,but we found it unusual considering this was a newly built hospital,it seemed deserted,but when we took the elevator up to the second floor and walked into the surgical urologist waiting room here is where the problem began.
My father being somewhat nervous which is 100% understandable,made a remark to the receptionist after she asked him if he had any trouble locating the department."Its so quiet in here a bomb could go off and nobody would hear it."
This innocent post surgery jitter remark and true observation sent into motion a chain of events
at the hospital that bordered on hysteria underscored with lack of common sense.My father was brought into his room so he could be prepared for the kidney stone surgery,about 40 minutes later a couple of nurses came out into the waiting room to usher me down the hallway to see my father.
Im in his room having conversation with him,letting him know not to worry,im sure the surgery
will go as planned.Before u can say "overreaction"-The head physician,a newbie hire nurse,and a security guard come in and starts to lecture my dad on how it is the hospitals policy to notify law enforcement when anyone says the words he used.I could not believe it!
First of all,after researching into this today I discovered what they said wasn't entirely true,All medical facilities in the State of South Carolina are mandated to report any terroristic threats that a patient or visitor makes.
My father did not make a threat,he made a light hearted nervous remark about his observation that the hospital was borderline vacant,could he used a better choice of words in a post 911 world? You bet!
Secondly my father was not engaging in any suspicious activities whatsoever and security new this considering they have the place under cctv survellance.
But yet they deemed it absolutely necessary to call the Mount Pleasant police and get them involved while my eldery father was under anesthesia,undergoing surgery.
Absolutely OUTRAGEOUS! So after going through the humiliation of explaining to the police my father ment know harm,while the security guard to add insult lied and told them I had said something too in a effort cover his ass,i realized these people are very ignorant,unprofessional and should not have treated my father and me in this way.Again he could have used a better choice of words,but to tell u the truth it should never gotten as far as it did if ROPER would have exercised just a smidge of common sense.He ended up surviving the surgery,and was discharged and we were not arrested.I will never recommend anyone Roper St.Francis health care,and I suggest you don't either
Because THE HOSPITAL ROOMS WERE NOT THE ONLY THING VACANT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!
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